diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translate.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translate.js
index 9c5a4d27a..88f1a2da2 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translate.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translate.js
@@ -1196,8 +1196,6 @@ Zotero.Translate.prototype._itemDone = function(item, attachedTo) {
 						} else {
 							Zotero.debug("discarded field "+i+" for item: field not valid for type "+type);
 						}
-					} else {
-						Zotero.debug("discarded field "+i+" for item: field does not exist");
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1223,6 +1221,11 @@ Zotero.Translate.prototype._itemDone = function(item, attachedTo) {
 				}
 			}
 			
+			// handle abstract
+			if(item.abstractNote) {
+				Zotero.Notes.add(item.abstractNote, myID, true);
+			}
+			
 			// handle attachments
 			if(item.attachments && Zotero.Prefs.get("automaticSnapshots")) {
 				Zotero.debug("HANDLING ATTACHMENTS");
@@ -1850,6 +1853,23 @@ Zotero.Translate.prototype._exportGetItem = function() {
 			}
 		} else {
 			var returnItemArray = returnItem.toArray();
+			
+			// handle abstract as abstractNote
+			if(returnItem.isRegularItem()) {
+				var abstractID = returnItem.getAbstract();
+				
+				if(abstractID) {
+					// look for the abstract in the notes array and remove it
+					for(var i in returnItemArray.notes) {
+						if(returnItemArray.notes[i].itemID == abstractID) {
+							returnItemArray.abstractNote = returnItemArray.notes[i].note;
+							returnItemArray.notes.splice(i, 1);
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
 			// get attachments, although only urls will be passed if exportFileData
 			// is off
 			returnItemArray.attachments = new Array();
diff --git a/scrapers.sql b/scrapers.sql
index c7a29086c..2d418364e 100644
--- a/scrapers.sql
+++ b/scrapers.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- 125
+-- 126
 
 --  ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
 --  
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 -- Set the following timestamp to the most recent scraper update date
-REPLACE INTO "version" VALUES ('repository', STRFTIME('%s', '2006-12-13 00:19:00'));
+REPLACE INTO "version" VALUES ('repository', STRFTIME('%s', '2006-12-14 17:53:00'));
 
 REPLACE INTO translators VALUES ('96b9f483-c44d-5784-cdad-ce21b984fe01', '1.0.0b3.r1', '', '2006-12-14 00:40:00', 1, 100, 4, 'Amazon.com', 'Sean Takats', '^https?://(?:www\.)?amazon', 
 'function detectWeb(doc, url) {
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ REPLACE INTO translators VALUES ('c54d1932-73ce-dfd4-a943-109380e06574', '1.0.0b
 	}
 }');
 
-REPLACE INTO translators VALUES ('fcf41bed-0cbc-3704-85c7-8062a0068a7a', '1.0.0b3.r1', '', '2006-12-12 23:41:00', 1, 100, 12, 'NCBI PubMed', 'Simon Kornblith', '^http://www\.ncbi\.nlm\.nih\.gov/entrez/query\.fcgi\?.*db=PubMed',
+REPLACE INTO translators VALUES ('fcf41bed-0cbc-3704-85c7-8062a0068a7a', '1.0.0b3.r1', '', '2006-12-14 17:53:00', 1, 100, 12, 'NCBI PubMed', 'Simon Kornblith', '^http://www\.ncbi\.nlm\.nih\.gov/entrez/query\.fcgi\?.*db=PubMed',
 'function detectWeb(doc, url) {
 	var namespace = doc.documentElement.namespaceURI;
 	var nsResolver = namespace ? function(prefix) {
@@ -2728,6 +2728,8 @@ function detectSearch(item) {
 				}
 			}
 			
+			newItem.abstractNote = article.Abstract.AbstractText.toString()
+			
 			newItem.complete();
 		}